nashuaworldcup Chapter 216 Imperial Physician
Chapter 216 Imperial Physician
In the general's mansion, Bai Yiling was standing quietly beside the bed, staring intently at the doctor who was concentrating on taking her third brother's pulse. Time seemed to have frozen at this moment.
She finally couldn't help asking: "Doctor, how is my brother? Why is he in a coma?"
The old doctor withdrew his hand and said, "He must have fainted from the pain. The most important thing now is to cut out the rotten flesh immediately, otherwise his life may be in danger."
Bai Yiling urged: "Then cut it out quickly!"
The old doctor asked: "Do you have any hundred-year-old ginseng at home? In his case, he needs to hold the hundred-year-old ginseng under his tongue to protect his essence, and then I can start the operation. Otherwise, considering his current physical condition, even if I cut out the rotten flesh, I am afraid he will not survive tonight!"
Bai Yiling... said the same thing again. The doctor said the same thing last time. But this hundred-year-old ginseng is not so easy to find. She has searched all over the capital today but couldn't find it. She asked again: "Apart from this, is there no other way?"
When the old doctor heard this, he knew there was no ginseng, so he could only bow his head and say goodbye: "Miss, please forgive my lack of knowledge, but I really don't have any better way." After that, he walked out quickly with his small medicine box on his back.
He didn't dare to take risks with such a serious injury. If something happened to the young master of the general's mansion, he would lose his life and his family might even be in trouble. He couldn't bear the consequences.
The maid Jianqiu also said anxiously: "Miss, what should we do? You can't enter the palace, and you can't ask for ginseng."
Bai Yiling was also anxious, but she knew that there was no point in being anxious, so she said: "Then let's invite all the doctors in the capital here. There must be one who can cure it. Jianqiu, you go and prepare the carriage, and we will go together."
"Yes," the maid Jianqiu hurried downstairs to prepare.
Bai Yiling rushed to the gate of the mansion, but was about to step out of the gate when he was stopped by the soldiers guarding the gate.
Bai Yiling's pretty face sank, and she shouted angrily: "Who gave you the courage to stop me?"
Facing Bai Yiling's angry rebuke, the soldiers guarding the gate remained calm. One of them replied respectfully, "Miss, it was the Fourth Young Master who issued the order. He said you are not allowed to leave the mansion at will. If you want to go out, you must first obtain the Fourth Young Master's permission."
Bai Yiling raised her eyebrows and asked loudly: "What right does he have to control me?"
The soldier looked helpless, but his tone remained firm: "Miss, please calm down. Please don't embarrass us. Military orders are like mountains, and we are just following orders."
At the same time, the maid Jianqiu had just gone to the stable to get the horse, but when she had just led the horse to the back door, she was stopped by someone. She couldn't rush out with the horse by herself, so she could only go to the main gate to look for her mistress, but she didn't expect to see such a thing.
Seeing that these soldiers were so stubborn, Bai Yiling was anxious to go out. Just when she was about to raise her hand to teach these soldiers who didn't understand what she was saying a lesson, she suddenly heard a familiar voice.
"Just because I'm your brother, you have to listen to me obediently." As the words fell, Bai Mufan strode over. He waved his hand, and the many soldiers behind him quickly moved and surrounded Bai Yiling in the blink of an eye.
Bai Yiling looked at him in confusion and asked, "What do you mean? Are you going to put me under house arrest?"
Bai Mufan said, "What do you mean? You know it in your heart. You went to the emperor to complain, causing me to be demoted two levels and become a small captain. Are you happy about it?"
Bai Yiling found him puzzled. She said, "I don't know what nonsense you are talking about. How could I go to the emperor to complain? I haven't even seen the emperor. I just want to go out and find a doctor..."
Bai Mufan stood there, his brow furrowed, wondering to himself, had he truly misunderstood Sister Yi Ling? Could it be that this was all just a misunderstanding? But… just then, the sound of horse hooves approached from afar, interrupting Bai Mufan's thoughts.
He looked up and saw a gorgeously decorated palace carriage slowly stop in front of the door. Then, the door was opened and the respected Nanny Gao beside the eldest princess got off the carriage first. Behind her followed a royal doctor carrying a heavy medicine box.
Seeing this scene, Bai Mufan's eyes instantly became extremely gloomy, as if water could drip out of them. He stared at Bai Yiling and asked with gritted teeth, "How dare you lie to me?" His voice was full of anger and disbelief.
However, Bai Yiling had no time to care about Bai Mufan's mood at the moment. She hurried forward and bowed to Grandma Gao and the unfamiliar imperial physician Yingying before saying softly, "Greetings, Grandma Gao, and this old imperial physician."
Having never met the imperial physician before, Bai Yiling didn't know his name. However, the imperial physician was very amiable and took the initiative to introduce himself, "My name is Cui Jin. Miss Bai, there's no need to be so polite. Without further delay, we should go and check on the Third Young Master's condition."
Hearing this, Bai Yiling did not dare to delay for a moment and quickly nodded and said, "Okay, please follow me." After that, she turned around and led the way.
Just like that, Grandma Gao, Imperial Physician Cui, and Bai Yiling walked straight into the mansion, completely ignoring Bai Mufan as if he were air.
Bai Mufan watched them walk past him without even looking at him. The anger in his heart grew stronger, but when he thought that this nanny was an important person around the eldest princess, no matter how angry he was, he could only force himself to endure it. His face was as black as the bottom of a pot from being frustrated.
The servant Bai Zhu looked at the young master's gloomy face and didn't dare to say anything.
Doctor Cui followed Bai Yiling into Bai Youan's room with a serious expression. He gently put down the medicine box he was carrying, and his movements were so gentle as if he was afraid of disturbing the person on the sickbed.
Doctor Cui sat sideways on the bed, narrowed his eyes slightly, and carefully looked at Bai Youan's face, which was as pale as paper. Then, he moved his gaze downwards and gently lifted the boy's trouser leg with his hand.
His expression suddenly changed, and he was secretly shocked. How could the wound on his leg be so serious? It had actually rotted to this extent.
Bai Yiling on the side asked anxiously: "Doctor Cui, what's the condition of my brother?" There was an unconcealable worry and fear in his voice.
Doctor Cui took a deep breath, calmed himself down a bit, and then said, "This injury... is really tricky, but please rest assured, Miss Bai, I will do my best." After that, he opened the medicine box, picked up a pen and paper, and wrote down a prescription in a very eloquent manner.
After writing, Doctor Cui handed the prescription to Bai Yiling and instructed: "Miss Bai, please send someone to get the medicine according to this prescription as soon as possible. Time is tight and there is no delay. I still need to give the young master acupuncture."
Bai Yiling quickly took the prescription, nodded gratefully, and replied, "Okay, then I'll have to trouble Doctor Cui." After that, she and everyone else left the room, leaving Doctor Cui alone in the room to continue treating Bai Youan.
As soon as she left the room, Bai Yiling immediately turned to Jianqiu, the maid beside her, and instructed, "Jianqiu, quickly get the prescription and go get the medicine. Be sure to come back as quickly as possible."
"Yes, Miss," Jianqiu did not dare to delay. She took the prescription respectfully with both hands, turned around and hurried out of the house.
Bai Yiling immediately knelt down in front of Madam Gao and said, "Thank you for making this trip today, Madam. Please also take good care of my daughter and the princess. I thank the princess for her great kindness." Then she put her hands on the ground and kowtowed heavily.
Grandma Gao quickly dodged Bai Yiling's salute and helped the woman in front of her up, "Miss Bai, please get up quickly. Your Bai family is full of loyal heroes, and General Bai is still guarding the border. Since the eldest princess knows about your third brother's illness, how could she not rescue him? You are lucky that the eldest princess knew what happened to you at the palace gate today."
Grandma Gao’s words made Bai Yiling’s eyes red.
Grandma Gao also felt sorry for this girl. Of her three brothers, two died on the battlefield and one was bedridden for years. Fortunately, their eldest princess was kind-hearted and helped her.
After a long time, Doctor Cui came out of the room, and Bai Yiling hurried forward.
Imperial Physician Cui looked at Bai Yiling gently. With a serious expression, he slowly spoke, "I successfully stabilized the Third Young Master's heart meridian with acupuncture. I also carefully removed the rotten flesh from his leg and bandaged the wound."
After saying this, he carefully took out a porcelain bottle from his arms and continued, "This is a medicine for external use. It only needs to be changed once a day. However, the most crucial thing right now is whether this young master can survive tonight.
My biggest worry is that he'll have a persistent high fever at night. As for the internal medicine I prescribed, it needs to be taken three times a day."
Upon hearing this, Bai Yiling quickly extended her hands and respectfully took the medicine bottle from Doctor Cui. Her eyes were filled with gratitude as she softly said, "Thank you so much, Doctor Cui, for saving me. I will never forget your kindness."
Imperial Physician Cui nodded slightly, as if remembering something important. He reached into his pocket again, pulled out a small, exquisite waist badge, and handed it to Bai Yiling, instructing him, "If this young master's condition doesn't improve by tomorrow evening, you can send someone to my residence with this badge to report the situation."
Bai Yiling took the badge with great emotion and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, Doctor Cui."
Seeing this, Grandma Gao, who had been serving beside her, stepped forward and said to Bai Yiling, "Since the matter here is settled, I will return to the mansion to report to my master."
Bai Yiling quickly responded, "Thank you, Ma'am Gao. I'll take you two there." She escorted the two of them all the way to the gate, and this time the guards at the gate didn't dare to stop them without any courtesy.